The defendant in the capture of Kharkov regional administration received 5 years in prison

District court of Kharkiv has recognized participant in the assault of the regional administration, March 1, 2014 guilty of the building was captured and sentenced him to 5 years in prison, informs on Tuesday, the Prosecutor's office of Kharkiv region.

a year earlier After the February coup d'etat in Kiev in the East of Ukraine were initiated spontaneous meetings opponents of the new government. The protesters did not recognize the legitimacy of the new governors appointed After removal from brand Board President Viktor Yanukovych, and demanded the federalization of the country. Often the protesters were able to establish supervision over the administrative buildings.

during the rally on Freedom square in Kharkiv, March 1, 2014, the Participants broke into the house of the regional state administration and expelled there were active participants in the " euromayday ". Then the building was hoisted the Russian flag.

"The verdict of the Kyiv district court Alexey Makarov, member of the March storm of Kharkiv regional state administration, is recognized as guilty of active participation in mass riots and hooliganism. According to the Deputy Prosecutor of the region Artem Stepanov, the man assigned a penalty of up to 5 years of imprisonment, according to the report.

The prosecution recalls that " young man, which is March 1, 2014 participated in the capture of regional state administration, the police tied eleven February 2015.

The verdict announced on 5 March this year, judged taken into custody in the courtroom. As long as the Verdict is not yet in force, as time goes on, provided a legislative act on the appeal.

at rallies in early April of last year do not recognise the legality of what happened in Kiev coup d'etat residents of Donetsk and Lugansk regions announced the development of a " people's republics ", which After held in may referendum declared its sovereignty and later formed the Union of " new Russia ". On the second of November elections of heads and parliaments of the breakaway republics.

in Kiev DND and LNR not realized, and in the middle of April in the region started in the military operation. According to the summary data of the United Nations, victims of the conflict have become more than 6 thousand people.


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